Top-rest for carriages.



W. R. ROUTE.

TOP BEST FOR GARRIAGES'.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 190a.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

IhVQh tor Witnesses:

UNITED TATF r r on Flora.

WILLIAM R. ROOTE, OF GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA.

TOP-REST FOR CARRIAGES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROLAND ROOTE, a subject of His Majesty King Edward VII of Great Britain, residing at the city of Guelph, in the county of Wellington and Province of Ontario, Dominion of (Janada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Top-Rests for Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in top rests for buggies and other carriages, for which I have already obtained a patent in the United States dated 24th December 1907, and consists of still further improvements of the same with the object of making the same more comprehensive and complete.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specificationz-Figure I. is a side view of my new or improved top rest in position on the back prop of a carriage top rail. Fig. II. is a perspective view of my new or improved top rest, and Fig. III. is a cross section of my new or improved top rest.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the drawings.

My previous invention consisted of a rectangular trough shaped sleeve adapted to fit on to the back prop of the carriage rail, the extreme upper edges of the side walls of the same turned in to grasp the flanged base of a suitably shaped rubber bumper or stop which was thus secured in position on the top of the back prop. This arrangement while a great improvement on all previously existing rests did not go far enough, hence the present improvements. I still retain the metallic sleeve as a base, and the present invention consists of additional improved means for securing the rubber bumper or stop thereto.

In all the drawings (a) is the rubber bumper or stop, as shown in Figs. I and III. it is of semi-circular shape with an outwardly flaring or flanged base with a flat bottom. In my previous invention this out wardly flanged or flaring base was grasped by means of the turned in upper edges of the sides of the metallic sleeve, while in the pres ent invention the metallic sleeve is so formed that the ends form binding straps that completely encircle the ends of the rubber bumper or stop.

The metallic sleeve is originally a plain cir- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. February 7, 1908.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Serial No. 414,809.

cular tube of suitable length with a longitudinal oblong opening therein extending to within about half an inch of each end of the tube; it is then formed up on a mandrel into the following shape. The lower side of the tube immediately opposite the longitudinal oblong opening is formed into a rectangular trough shaped section with rounded lower corners thus forming the sleeve for attaching the rubber bumper orstop to the back prop. The tops of the side walls of this trough circular outwardly projecting recesses for the reception of the flanged base of the rubber bumper or stop and the top of the tube being the straps of metal between the oblong opening and the ends of the tube are formed into arched or semi-circular form to correspond with the end of the rubber bumper or stop. This forms a complete bumper retaining sleeve consisting of a rectangular trough shaped base for slipping on to the back prop, surmounted by two semi-circular longitudinal channels for the reception of the flanged base of the bumper, which in turn are surmounted at each end by metallic straps which encircle the upper part of the ends oi the rubber bumper which is then slipped into place froinone end. of the sleeve and the whole combination can then be slipped on to the back prop and secured thereon by means of the back prop nut on the end of the same in the usual manner.

In Fig. III. (0) is the back prop on which the metallic sleeve (1)) fits, (cl) is the top bow resting on the exposed portion of the rubber bumper or stop, and (c) is the top joint secured to the end of the back prop (c) by means of the nut (f).

I do not claim the rectangular sleeve by itself as that has already been secured in my previous patent, but

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

The combination of a carriage rail having a lateral projection of rectangular form with a peculiarly shaped top rest comprising a lower trough shaped metallic sleeve adapted to encircle the rectangular lateral projection, two oppositely situated outwardly projecting semi-circular recesses formed in one piece with the top of the side walls of the trough I shaped sleeve, and adapted to clasp the shaped section are then formed into semiflanged base (if the rubber bumper, and an bumpercr stop of semi-circular upper sec arch sha ed upper section connecting the two tion' with a flaring or flanged base sub'stan- 1d outwardi y projecting semi-circu1ar recesses tially as hereinbefore described.

and encircling the upper part bfthe rubber W R ROOTE bumper, said upper arch shaped section being provided with an oblong lo'ngitudinaiopening at equal distances from each end so as to expose the rubber bumper, and a rubber Witnesses;

H. A. CLEMENS. D. H. B'ARL'OW. 

